CyanogenMod 9 (CM9) on Scroll Extreme tablet

I’ve had my Scroll Extreme for a few months now, so I figured it was time to break it!

I ran CyanogenMod on a HTC Desire for quite a while and figured that was the mod to go for. CyanogenMod 9 is Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS)

There is plenty of information out there about getting CM9 on a Scroll Extreme, but I didn’t find it very easy to get an overview of what to do and where to get the files. So here’s what I did.

Install clockworkmod recovery

This is used to flash the actual rom images. At this point you cannot install clockworkmod using Rom Manager as the Scroll Extreme is not supported.

First download clockworkmod that works with the Scroll Extreme. I used this link – here – more info – here

Then I extracted install-recovery.sh and recovery.img and copied them to the Scroll Extreme. I used Dropbox.

Then to copy the files to the device and install clockworkmod I followed these steps – here

- Unpack CMW file and copy install-recovery.sh and recovery.img to a directory (eg CWM) on the sdcard on the tablet.
- Open a terminal and become root:
su -- Busybox doesn't have a cp command, so use cat to get the files into
the right directory:

I did the following to flash CM9. You may want to erase the device while flashing. I decided to do it at the end.

Reboot in to clockworkmod

Erase the cache

Erase the Dalvik cache

Flash the CM9 rom

Flash the 907c comparability drivers

Flash Google Apps

Reboot the device

It took 2 or 3 minutes to start up the first time. With the funky CM9 blue fiery screen displaying for most of that time. Once started the lock screen was still in place and all the apps were still installed. I then did a factory reset from the settings page.

Camera and WiFi still seem to work OK. Now I need to install my apps and do some testing.

Yes, it’s been pretty good. The tablet seems more responsive generally. I actually lent it to someone not long after upgrading so haven’t seen it for a while! But I’ve not heard they’ve had any problems.

Hi Matt, I have a couple of scroll extremes in our house and I would love to perk up their responsiveness and reduce the program hanging. How’s the mod been running as I’m quite interested to have a crack at it.